Table 3.

Risk for cardiovascular mortality during 21 years of follow‐up by 24‐h pulse pressure tertiles

	Males		Females		All
	HR (95% CI)	p value	HR (95% CI)	p value	HR (95% CI)	p value
24‐h mean PP
T1		.080		.976		.488
T2	1.51 (0.63–3.56)	.355	1.22 (0.21–7.26)	.826	1.48 (0.71–3.08)	.295
T3	2.98 (1.11–8.04)	.031	1.18 (0.16–8.95)	.872	1.68 (0.68–4.10)	.259
Daytime PP
T1		.284		.779		.560
T2	1.45 (0.62–3.37)	.391	0.99 (0.21–4.79)	.994	1.27 (0.62–2.60)	.522
T3	2.17 (0.83–5.69)	.115	0.56 (0.08–3.92)	.561	1.60 (0.68–3.77)	.282
Nighttime PP
T1		.020		.987		.073
T2	3.37 (1.42–7.99)	.006	1.04 (0.22–5.02)	.957	2.18 (1.04–4.60)	.040
T3	3.13 (1.14–8.56)	.026	1.15 (0.19–6.78)	.880	2.60 (1.08–6.31)	.034

Cox regression models were adjusted for appropriate mean systolic pressure, age, body mass index, hypertension, diabetes, previous stroke, coronary artery disease, smoking, alcohol consumption, use of antihypertensive medication, triglycerides levels, and sex for analyses for all.

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; HR, hazard ratio; PP, pulse pressure; T, tertile.

P value <.05 considered as statistically significant.